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JMI Equity Fund CERTIFIED

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FIRM OVERVIEW: Very Large Private Equity founded in 1992 based out of Baltimore, USA (US East)

FIRM DESCRIPTION: JMI Equity is a multi-stage private equity firm focused on investing in software and business services companies. Since our founding in 1992, we have been investing in growing companies that automate and optimize business and information technology processes.
We manage approximately $1.3 billion of committed capital across six funds, and have partnered with over 95 leading software and business services companies. We are currently investing our sixth fund, JMI VI, with $600 million of committed capital. We are experienced, active investors and partners and are always on the lookout for exceptional entrepreneurs.

Posted by
valley_vet
on 2007-07-03

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Got a call not too long ago from David Greenberg, and associate at JMI. He did the whole, "I've heard great things about your company" act, but since JMI is invested in our main competitor, it was pretty clear that he was doing crass competitive research. Very unprofessional.

I worked closely with Bob Smith and Brad Woloson on a few companies in the past few years. I have also met all their partners. I found them to be knowledgeable, professional and very helpful. The fact that they focus on software investments allows them to add real value. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to any software company regardless of the stage.

Peter Arrowsmith has no qualms forwarding data submitted confidentiality to him with 3rd parties. Beware of sending him any key IP or financial data. Have an NDA in place beforehand with JMI (or consider walking away).

Posted by
mktgmann
on 2008-01-28

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We pitched JMI San Diego. Peter Arrowsmith and team were polite, classy, thoughtful and smart. They indicated they really liked the plan, the success so far, and the team. The only problem was that we weren't big enough yet-- they really were looking for slightly later stage companies, closer to positive cash flow.

Still, they were very efficient with only two meetings, but also helpful and fair.

I have pitched the San Diego JMI office a couple times in the past and have hig marks for the team. Pete Arrowsmith is very sharp and well versed in software and was very reasonable and thorough in the process